Metro school officials are urging parents to pick up the pace in getting their required immunization shots, particularly those in 7th grade.

Twenty-four percent of MNPS seventh-grade students lack those shots, meaning they cannot enter their assigned schools. That’s up from 18 percent at this time last year. The first day of school was Aug. 6.

Students can go to local health clinics, community health services or personal pediatricians to acquire their immunizations.

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